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Popdose Roundtable: “Chaos Cinema” and Today’s Crappy Action Movies
We love action. We'd love it more if it didn't leave us feeling queasy and confused
Read More »Dw. Dunphy On… Exploiting the Universals
What is a "universal," why do they make fascinating storylines, and why do their makers understand them so poorly? Popdose.com asks the questions
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Inception”
Inception (Warner Bros., 2010) For all the high-tech gewgaws that help modern Hollywood filmmakers get their visions to the screen, we’re living in a depressingly undemanding time for cinema — and the summer blockbuster
Read More »No Concessions: “Inception,” Conception, and Other Mysteries of Life
There’s an upside and a downside to writing about a movie like Inception after it’s been in release for several weeks. The advantage, for me, is that you may very well have seen it,
Read More »Revival House: Eleven Awesome Movie Mind-Benders
Christopher Nolan's latest movie has Jeff Johnson thinking...about movies that make you think
Read More »CD Review: “Inception: Music from the Motion Picture”
Warner Bros. Records sent me Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to this week’s much-anticipated blockbuster Inception. Cards on the table: While I certainly respect writer-director Christopher Nolan, I wasn’t crazy about The Dark Knight, and his
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Insomnia”
Its Blu-ray debut is timed to take advantage of the hubbub surrounding director Christopher Nolan’s latest film, but 2002’s Insomnia would make for a fine summer reissue even if Warner Bros. weren’t already pimping
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Batman Year 100”
My primary brief, with How Bad Can It Be?, is to look at media product that for whatever reason—an unpromising premise, a poisoned reputation, a creator’s track record—gives me no reason to expect that
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